DontKnowWhatIsWhatTheyJustHug ·
23/02/2022 12:24
Hello, just wondering if anyone else had a mixture of these things in their pregnancy?
A midwife from the Fetal Medicine department at my local hospital phoned yesterday saying that blood tests from my booking-in appointment came back showing a high risk (1:36) of the baby having down syndrome. We quickly arranged to go in on the same day for a Harmony NIPT test.
I don't know what the hormone levels were from the initial blood test results. However, the midwife did mention there was nothing that she could see that would have come back high risk. She was quite reassuring that only a small number of patients in the same situation came back with high-risk results from the NIPT. Whilst waiting on the midwife, we were taken to a room that was specially designed with baby loss in mind. Lilac sofas, lilies, angel statuettes, baby loss and grief booklets. I thought it was going to be very bad news and felt terribly anxious waiting for the midwife to come in.
Results should be available by Monday so not too long a wait. Hoping for good news but feeling quite anxious. I think I'm worried about the impact a child with additional needs will have on our family. Hoping that they'll have a fulfilling life without many medical interventions. I don't know enough to understand it well, I guess.
Last week I had an appointment with my community midwife. I'd had some very light spotting. Very tiny streaks of red in my discharge when wiping. The clinician took a look, noticed a cervical erosion and took swabs. Mentioned it's common in pregnancy and I'm being referred to gynaecology for a closer look. Swab results have come back with thrush and group B strep. My understanding is the thrush won't affect the baby but there's a small chance the group B strep could if it's a vaginal birth. I'm getting prescribed a pessary for the thrush and the midwife explained the use of antibiotics during labour.
My first child was born with low weight, so I'm on aspirin to help prevent any placental insufficiency. My first pregnancy was luckily very straightforward. I was induced due to suspected low weight and my child was born 10 days before their due date. Although I was induced, it was a very by-the-book good labour.
I think all of this has come as a shock. If anyone has been through anything similar, I'd love to hear your stories.